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> Gulf Provocation and Tight Distillates Reinforce the Oil-Inflation Channel

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A fresh Iranian provocation near Hormuz combines with structurally tight U.S. distillate stocks to sustain the Brent risk premium, which then feeds sticky U.S. consumer inflation.

// Cascade Logic

Iranian naval provocation + sub-average distillate inventories → Brent held above $90 → oil pass-through into sticky US CPI